Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas.
Murray, Douglas.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Miramax,
Date Published: 2000.
Description: STATED FIRST US EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). 374 pages with index plus 24 pages black and white photos. The book and dust jacket are FINE. NOT price-clipped. NOT remaindered. A very tight, clean, pristine copy. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people. Dust jacket notes read: "Lord Alfred Douglas, or 'Bosie' as he was known, is destined to be remembered as the lover of Oscar Wilde. Dissolute, wellborn, and beautiful as a young man, his role in the events that led to Oscar Wilde's trial and imprisonment determined the strange celebrity that haunted him until his death. Biographies of Wilde generally give only a cursory account of what happened to Douglas after Wilde's death, but BOSIE recounts the full and absorbing story of his complex life. A successful though now obscure poet, he renounced homosexuality after converting to Roman Catholicism and embarked on an ill-fated marriage to Olive Custance. Lord Alfred's time was largely consumed by his growing interest in religion and costly feuds--he was imprisoned for libeling Winston Churchill--and he died a neglected and lonely figure in 1945. Douglas Murray has had unprecedented access to many letters and key literary manuscripts, and presents evidence that casts a new light on the relationship between Wilde and Bosie. Indeed, Murray has succeeded where Bosie himself failed--in securing the release of a British government file that was to be sealed until 2043. The result is a genuinely groundbreaking biography, and the definitive account of a fascinating life."
Edition: First US editionBinding: 1/4 cloth
Condition: Fine in Fine DJ
ISBN: 0786866535
Book Id: 17931
Price: $14.50
